Constitución europea. Va a ser que no.

No sólo el hecho de que en Francia, según los últimos sondeos, el 60% de los votantes parecen haberse decidido en contra. La impresión general es que la idea era buena, pero no lo suficientemente buena y, desde luego alejadísima de los intereses de los europeos. Me refiero, claro, a los europeos que leen los textos de la supuesta carta magna (en minúsculas, sí) y no se dejan arrastrar al voto por «Los del Río» ni por «los de la playa». Exacto, lo han adivinado, me refiero a todos los europeos menos a los españoles. Vergüenza me da reconocerlo, pero es esí. Hoy quien da un repaso actual y contrastado a la situación es «Spiegel On-Line». Les dejo con unas cuantas citas dignísimas de lectura (apagen las radios, por favor, en caso de que suenen músicas hispanas, no se distraigan) y reflexión.

The European Union’s first-ever constitution faces a challenge from French and British voters and possibly Germany’s higher court. German editorialists put the constitution into the docket, asking whether it’s reconcilable with German law and what will happen if both France and Britain reject it? […]

But now, it seems, the constitution could face a serious challenge in a place where it was least expected — Germany, where a renegade politician with Bavaria’s conservative Christian Social Union is doing his best to stop the government’s planned mid-May ratification. […]

«The Bundestag cannot give away more rights to the EU than it has itself,» Gauweiler said Thursday. «Such a far-reaching constitutional law can only be based on a referendum of the German people.» […]

The left-leaning Die Tageszeitung lashes out at Gauweiler for his attempt at slowing the constitution’s ratification.[…] «He is calling for a referendum to show the how dramatic he believes the situation is — because the constitution will apparently undermine all of our state institutions.» But the paper says Gauweiler’s petition is «unfounded» in every way. […]

Meanwhile, the center-left Sueddeutsche Zeitung takes a more critical approach to the government’s position of ratifying the constitution without putting a vote up to the people. The EU constitution, the editorial by Heribert Prantl argues, will be difficult to reconcile with Germany’s own constitution, and that it says is only one of Brussels’ many democratic deficiencies.[…] «Someday the European Parliament will become a real parliament. Someday there will be separation of powers and a European constitutional court which its citizens can also turn to. Someday Europe will have a basic law that is as strong as Germany’s constitution — but who knows how much that will actually be worth if a much weaker EU constitution goes into effect?» European law, it concludes, violates every national law — including Germany’s constitution — at least as it is presented in this constitution.[…]

«The EU hardly has any good options in the event of a failure of ratification,» writes the center-right Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The editorial penned by Nikolas Busse notes that even without the constitution, a number of institutions it envisions could still be created. They include the solidarity clause in the event of a terrorist attack, the creation of a European Defense Agency and the creation of an EU foreign service. However, these institutions would have been greatly strengthened by the fundamental changes to the architecture of the EU foreseen in the constitution, and without it they would be greatly disadvantaged. Without the constitution, the piece concludes, the EU has three options. Maintain the current Treaty of Nice, which was a product of national interests and is disliked by most member states. Try to renegotiate the constitution, though that would be opening up a whole new can of worms. The third option, which is potentially the most explosive, would be for the constitution to go into effect in the countries which have ratified it. […]

The conservative Die Welt takes a pessimistic look at the constitution, saying neither politicians nor voters believe it is the document that will create common values and procedures for Europe. «There is a mental block in Brussels and elsewhere when it comes to the idea of the constitution failing,» it writes. «In fact, failure is only a matter of time — at the very latest, that which French politicians are already fearing, will happen when the British hold their vote.»

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Al final habremos sidos los primeros idiotas en dar un voto afirmativo al documento jacobino planeado en París y, paradógicamente, en Paris decapitado. Viva la revolución!